Source: Team_Talk
May grateful for Bairns support
A stunning second-half free-kick from Chris Mitchell and substitute Lee Bullen's late strike gave Falkirk all three points and closed the gap at the bottom to one point.After inheriting a greatly reduced squad during the summer following John Hughes' defection to Hibernian, May has struggled this term.Despite doubts over whether the appointment was the right move for the club, the directors have remained patient and May insists he appreciates the time they have given him.He said: "It was more of a gorilla off my back rather than a monkey with the first win."One thing I know is that the board of directors back me. The board have been fantastic since I have been here."The club has had nothing but success for the past five years and the people in charge are very loyal and very realistic."People have to realise when it's hard, that's when you have to back the team."What the board has built is a training ground, fantastic academy and three stands at the stadium."We are still in the Premier League and not spending fortunes."Falkirk struck twice in the second half after surviving an opening period that Hamilton dominated without finding the net.Mitchell found the top corner of the goal in the 64th minute with a free-kick after Pedro Moutinho was felled 25 yards out.And substitute Bullen notched a second 11 minutes from time after being set free by Carl Finnigan.May added: "We were very fortunate to come in at level terms as Hamilton were by far the better team but we got better and scored two fantastic goals."It was a great strike by Chris. He does that a lot in training and he is a fantastic striker of the ball."I appreciate Lee coming and putting himself on the line."We will encourage him to fill in and we have to go and get better players to achieve what we want to achieve and that's to stay in the Premier League."Crestfallen Hamilton manager Billy Reid, whose side are now just a point ahead of basement side Falkirk, said: "I thought we dominated the first 45 minutes. Falkirk had five minutes at the end of the first period but that was really it."We knew they would come out and do better and we did not start as well as we could."I thought we won all the battles in the middle of the park but you don't always get what you deserve."